New research has the potential to transform the design of brain implants for neurological disorders, making them safer and ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

A research team led by Mount Sinai has uncovered mechanisms of abnormal immune cell function that may lead to Crohn's disease ...

Glioblastoma has remained one of the toughest cancers to treat, resisting even the latest advances in immunotherapy.

Glioblastoma has long resisted treatment, but scientists may have found a breakthrough by leveraging the body's own ...

Glioblastoma has remained one of the toughest cancers to treat, resisting even the latest advances in immunotherapy. But new ...

In a new study, a group of neuroscientists in Bengaluru has explained how calcium aids cells in the body ”listen” to their surroundings and stay immune to neurodegenerative ... Cells in the brain need ...

"Measles infects immune cells, and when it does so, it damages immune cells and it partially wipes out your immune system's memory to certain infections, so that leaves you more susceptible to ...

Once in the brain, these particles accumulate and could disrupt brain functions, particularly by causing inflammation or interfering with immune cells specific to the nervous system. The ability of ...